A huge underground reserve of natural gas is luring fuel companies to upstate New York. But local officials and advocates are worried about what the drilling will do to the…
The city’s retirement funds offer a powerful tool for social activism. A look at how Comptroller Bill Thompson and his would-be successors approach the task of putting city money where…
From the central Bronx to the North Shore of Staten Island, an unusually high number of incumbent City Councilmembers are in tough races this year. A look at some of…
As a group of decrepit buildings in the Bronx moves closer to getting a new owner, housing officials, developers and activists negotiate the best way to obtain reliable management.
Excerpt from the latest issue of City Limits Investigates: Marijuana has gotten cheaper in New York in the past decade with an estimated 416,000 city residents smoking it.
The policy innovations of city government and nonprofit fixture Herb Sturz over half a century form the basis for a book that’s both a biography and modern history.
